predict
/pɹɪˈdɪkt/ verb A2- To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of mystical knowledge or power.
- To imply.
- To make predictions.
Plural predict · He/she/it predicts · Past predicted · Past participle predicted · -ing form predicting
Verb forms
- Base form
- predict
- He/she/it
- predicts
- Past
- predicted
- Past participle
- predicted
- -ing form
- predicting
From the library
I predict from all this an avalanche of dinners and routs.
And, lastly, the Owl, seeing an archer approach, predicted that this man, being on foot, would contrive darts armed with feathers which would fly faster than the wings of the Birds themselves.
Noirtier was a true prophet, and things progressed rapidly, as he had predicted.
The physician who prepared for me the remedy I have twice successfully taken, was no other than the celebrated Cabanis, and he predicted a similar end for me.”
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